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Peggy Mason

@neuromooc

University of Chicago Coursera class on Neurobiology in Everyday Life. Tweets by Prof Peggy Mason. My own views. I blog at thebrainissocool.com

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linkhttps://www.coursera.org/course/neurobio calendar_today31-10-2013 18:17:38

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Peggy Mason Yes I truly loved it & I couldn't but tell everybody about every single topic you tackled. I also loved your book. I received my copy last week from Amazon & though I'm not in the medical field, I'm enjoying reading it. Thank you for telling us how fascinating the brain is...😊

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Wheelchair users and skate boarders share a common relationship with the built environment and consequently also share a habit of creativity. nytimes.com/2022/09/25/opi…

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Rather than sit quietly for 15 minutes in a room, half the subjects in this study hit a button to give themselves an electric shock. One man hit it 190 times. Lesson: we don’t like the feeling of boredom. washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/…

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I had such a great time at Arit (Austrian Research and Innovation Talk). Here is the full recording but it goes immediately to the (middle of the) Science Communications Panel when you click on it. Sara Serritella University of Chicago Science Communications youtube.com/watch?v=y26s5W…

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Back to school! We are so thrilled to welcome all of our students back for a life-changing quarter. See you in #scicomm, guys! Peggy Mason @Sara_Serritella The University of Chicago UChicago College 📷 : Life Made Still #backtoschool #uchicago #studentlife #academiclife #storytelling

Back to school! We are so thrilled to welcome all of our students back for a life-changing quarter. See you in #scicomm, guys!
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The ⁦NFL⁩ ‘s “concussion protocol” is so much b.s. ⁦shannon sharpe⁩ has it all right. Players love to play. They need to be saved from themselves after a traumatic brain injury - which is what a “concussion” is. Stop the euphemisms. washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09…

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It’s arguable but I don’t believe we should be approving drugs whose major contribution is hope. Cheaper ways to accomplish that. This is the ugly downside of patient advocacy. We’re all better off if we look at medical evidence soberly. washingtonpost.com/health/2022/09…

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First week of The University of Chicago Autumn Quarter is a wrap! SUCH an awesome class of #scicomm students - @neuromooc & I can't wait for all this fall has in store for you with University of Chicago Science Communications! #teaching #academia #college #university #firstdayofschool #fun #yay #teach

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I don’t get how a surgeon can override a women’s choice. Especially when the surgeon is putting the woman at great risk with multiple surgeries needed for reconstruction. washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06…

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A little belated, but I interviewed some leading neuroscientists about what makes the smiles in SMILE so damn creepy! Thanks to Peggy Mason and Lisa Feldman Barrett for taking the time! slate.com/culture/2022/0…

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"Scientists can map viruses down to the atomic level but have a hard time guessing what people will do." Oh so true, The New York Times German Lopez The allure of reductionism. I feel it too.

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This is from a book about what killed giants. Okay good to raise doubt on the old “caught a cold” story for Tippecanoe but I hope he’s raised the issue of esophagitis and George Washington. Eager to read that. nytimes.com/2014/04/01/sci…